Map to the Story Treasure Chest

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Map to the Story Treasure Chest

• A lesson for 4th Grade
• Language Arts
• Designed by
• Amy Rathsburgajrathsb_at_oakland.edu
•  

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Introduction

• Dear Students,
• My name is Buddy. I am an explorer, looking for a
  special
• treasure. I am in desperate need of help from all
  of you.
• The map that I have seems to be wrong, so I have
  gotten
• really lost!
• You can help me by following the directions and
  creating a
• new map for me. I will be helping you along the
  way and in
• the end, by helping me find the treasure, I will
  share it with
• you!
• I look forward to getting your help!
• Buddy

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Task

• Your task is to complete the map to the
• Story Treasure Chest!
• We will be doing this by reading selected
  stories, discussing them and several other steps.

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Process 1

• In order to help Buddy find his treasure (that he
  will share with us in the end) we must get
  started right away and stay focused and on task!
• 1. You cant start without a map outline - print
  the Treasure Map!
• Dont Forget Fill this out as you work your
  way through the steps.
• 2. You will be placed into groups of five
  students.
• Remember Everyone knows how to work in a team,
  so keep in mind what teamwork is!
• 3. Print out the Reading Guide worksheet.
• Important Each group member will need their
  own worksheet.

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Process 2

• Continuing on our way to the treasure
• 4. Read the following stories. Fill out the
  Reading Guide as you go.

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Process 3

• Looks like we are almost to the treasure
• 5. We are now going to get together as a class
  and discuss the reading guides that you have
  filled out.
• Be Ready Everyone is going to need to
  contribute to this discussionit is going to lead
  us towards the last step to finding the treasure!

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Process 4

• One more thing and then we are there..
• 6. Go to Education Place , click on Story Map 1
  and print it out.
• Go back to Process 2 slide and read ONE of the
  stories, filling out the story map that includes
  all of the story elements!

Characters
Setting
Problem
Events
Solution
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Process 5
Process 5
Welcome to the Story Treasure Chest!
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Evaluation

• You will be receiving an individual grade for
  this project, but your participation in the group
  will be graded. You will be graded in the
  following areas
• Group Participation
• The Process
• Worksheets
• PRINT OUT the Grading Rubric and ATTACH it to
  your worksheets when you turn them in

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Conclusion

• Dear students,
• Thank you all so much for helping me find my way
  to the treasure. You did such a wonderful job
  following directions and getting to the treasure.
  
• As promised, I am sharing the treasure with you!
• Thank you again for completing the map and
  helping me find the treasure.
• Buddy

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Credits

• A special thanks to the following websites for
  helping to create this lesson
• Lesson Plans Page - Gives specific lesson plans
  and ideas for teaching specific topics.
• Education Place - A Houghton Mifflin site that
  has free graphic organizers and several helpful
  worksheets.
• IST 396 - This website has the template that this
  PowerPoint was developed from.
• Google - This site was used to find images and
  specific websites.

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Introduction (Teacher)

• This lesson was developed as an assignment for
  the IST 396 class at Oakland University. It is a
  lesson that should come before the Web quest
  lesson that was designed for the same class.
• This lesson is an introduction to story elements.
  It allows the students to investigate what they
  are without really knowing what they are looking
  for. By doing this, it gives the students an
  opportunity to figure this concept out on their
  own instead of just giving them the material.

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Learners (Teacher)

• This lesson is anchored in a fourth grade
  language arts class. It allows the students to
  discover the story elements on their own, instead
  of the teacher giving them the answer.
• Since this lesson is an introduction lesson on
  story elements, it is important to make sure that
  the students understand what they have discovered
  by following this lesson with several other
  lessons about the story elements.

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Standards (Teacher)

• Language Arts Standards Addressed
• Students will use reading for multiple purposes,
  such as enjoyment, gathering information, and
  learning new procedures.
• All students will develop and apply personal,
  shared, and academic criteria for the enjoyment,
  appreciation, and evaluation of their own and
  others oral, written, and visual texts.
• The other types of thinking that are required of
  the students are critical thinking and teamwork.
• Go to MiCLimb to find more information and
  clarification on the standards.

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Process 1 (Teacher)

• In order to help Buddy find his treasure (that he
  will share with us in the end) we must get
  started right away and stay focused and on task!
• 1. You cant start without a map outline - print
  the Treasure Map!
• Dont Forget Fill this out as you work your
  way through the steps.
• 2. You will be placed into groups of five
  students.
• Remember Everyone knows how to work in a team,
  so keep in mind what teamwork is!
• 3. Print out the Reading Guide worksheet.
• Important Each group member will need their
  own worksheet.
• The students need to have the worksheets at the
  very beginning and must keep track of them.
• For the treasure map, you can individually check
  that they have done each step before allowing
  them to move on. Check by placing a sticker,
  stamp, etcin the space for each step.

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Process 2 (Teacher)

• Continuing on our way to the treasure
• 4. Read the following stories. Fill out the
  Reading Guide as you go.

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Process 3 (Teacher)

• Looks like we are almost to the treasure
• 5. We are now going to get together as a class
  and discuss the reading guides that you have
  filled out.
• Be Ready Everyone is going to need to
  contribute to this discussionit is going to lead
  us towards the last step to finding the treasure!
• You may want to start this discussion at the
  beginning of a new day to be sure that everyone
  is in the same spot and can move on.
• Go to Lesson Plans Page. This page gives a guide
  to discussing the Story Elements. This discussion
  can be altered to your liking and what works in
  your classroom.
• This discussion should end with a brief
  description of what the story elements are.

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Process 4 (Teacher)

• One more thing and then we are there..
• 6. Go to Education Place , click on Story Map 1
  and print it out.
• Go back to Process 2 slide and read ONE of the
  stories, filling out the story map that includes
  all of the story elements!
• After discussing the reading guides with the
  students, they should have a better understanding
  of the story elements. Having them fill out this
  story map will allow them to have practice and
  allow you to evaluate their understanding.

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Process 5 (Teacher)
Welcome to the Story Treasure Chest!!!
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Resources (Teacher)

• This lesson should only take 2 -3 days when
  working on it for a few hours each day.
• In order to implement this lesson you will need
  the following materials
• Computers
• Reading Guide
• Story Treasure Map
• The following websites were also used as part of
  the lesson
• Education Place (Retrieve the Story Map from
  here)
• The Lesson Plans Page
• It would be helpful to have a few aides in the
  room throughout this lesson, to help the students
  to a greater extent than the teacher can
  him/herself.

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Evaluation (Teacher)

• The students will be receiving an individual
  grade for this project, but their participation
  in the group will be graded. They will be graded
  in the following areas
• Group Participation
• The Process
• Worksheets
• PRINT OUT the Grading Rubric and ATTACH it to
  your worksheets when you turn them in
• By having the students print out the rubric they
  see what they are being graded on.
• You may also want to go over this rubric before
  the assignment is given, so they know what is
  being looked for.

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Conclusions (Teacher)

• This lesson is extremely valuable to teachers
  that are going to introduce story elements. Doing
  an introduction lesson that allows students to
  discover concepts on their own is extremely
  important because it gives self confidence to the
  students and gives them a reason to focus on the
  assignment.
• As several follow up lessons will be required,
  please see the following websites if you are
  interested in ideas for follow up lessons.
• Lesson Plans Page
• A Webquest on Story Elements

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Credits (Teacher)

• A special thanks to the following websites for
  helping to create this lesson
• Lesson Plans Page - Gives specific lesson plans
  and ideas for teaching specific topics.
• Education Place - A Houghton Mifflin site that
  has free graphic organizers and several helpful
  worksheets.
• IST 396 - This website has the template that this
  PowerPoint was developed from.
• Google - This site was used to find images and
  specific websites.